Sentence examples for a killing shot from inspiring English sources

After the flight Burton impressed upon Johnson the difficulties of deflection shooting and the technique of a killing shot from line-astern or near line-astern positions; the duty of the number two whose job was not to shoot down enemy aircraft but to ensure the leader's tail was safe.

In waking experience, the decision finds culmination when the animal enters a trap or exhibits its body to the hunter for a killing shot.

Barcenilla's killing shot was 67... Ne4!, sacrificing a piece for three decisive pawns.

But prosecutors are trying to build a case that Mr. Muhammad effectively ordered Mr. Malvo to fire the killing shot, and so deserves death.

Though the matter is open to debate, a former senior U.S. drug enforcement official assured me unequivocally that a sniper from the U.S. Army's Special Operations Delta Force had fired the killing shot.

The back brace held him up for the killing shot.

"Even though I was trying to have long rallies," Johansson said, "she would always feel it, you know, the killing shot".

I would also have sooner seen Covenant and Promethean engage each other in combat more; indeed, even during short sequences when they do they tend to exchange blows without ever looking for that killing shot.

Just as Red is about to fire the killing shot into Hancock's head, Ray comes to the rescue and slices off Red's one remaining hand with a fire ax.

The final cinematic of the huge troll battle has Kratos trying to hold the beast down for his son to land the killing shot, only for the youngster to miss and hit his dad in the shoulder instead.

Once, while trying to make a tackle in 1977, Stenerud said he was hurt but took a pain-killing shot and played on.